11 votes
All Federal Law Enforcement personnel should go to FLETC first. Once they have completed FLETC, they could then go to the specialized training such as the FBI to Quantico. This is much like the military MOS training. This would also eliminate some costs at the specialized areas and reduce the number of washouts prior to going to the specialized training.
90 votes
Routinely the DOJ and US Attorneys Office will subpoena Federal employees to testify in cases outside of the employee's geographical work area. These cases can often be cross country in nature as currently my office on the West Coast is working to find funding to send an employee to the East Coast for under one hour of general background testimony. A cross country flight and hotel for less than one hour of general ...more »
Routinely the DOJ and US Attorneys Office will subpoena Federal employees to testify in cases outside of the employee's geographical work area.
These cases can often be cross country in nature as currently my office on the West Coast is working to find funding to send an employee to the East Coast for under one hour of general background testimony.
A cross country flight and hotel for less than one hour of general testimony. This is our Government at work. A Government which is under a CR yet we continue to spend on travel when there is no need.
We can do much better by having the involved employee sworn in at the local US Courthouse and testify or provide affidavit by video conference. Extensive and immediate cost savings.
This is applicable to all agencies and bureaus to include but not limited to; BOP, CBP, CPSC, DOJ, FBI, DHS, HSI, HUD, ICE, IRS, NOAA, USDA.
http://files.ali-aba.org/thumbs/datastorage/lacidoirep/articles/PLIT0909-Lederer_thumb.pdf
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13 votes
Agencies are spending countless manpower hours and expense on maintaining training and certification in the N-95 respirator. The program calls for medical review, instruction by certified fit testers and a long and arduous process of certifying employees individually, each and every subsequent year documented by mounds of paperwork. For those not familiar with the N-95, it is a dust mask, a dust mask which can be purchased ...more »
Agencies are spending countless manpower hours and expense on maintaining training and certification in the N-95 respirator. The program calls for medical review, instruction by certified fit testers and a long and arduous process of certifying employees individually, each and every subsequent year documented by mounds of paperwork.
For those not familiar with the N-95, it is a dust mask, a dust mask which can be purchased at any home improvement store, place it over your nose, around your head and breathe. Initial one time training and overview is all that is needed. Stop the madness with yearly N95 fit testing and certification.
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16 votes
Issue: Uniformity of Handgun and Ammunition for Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Background: The Federal Government retains an extensive amount of uniformed and non-uniformed law enforcement agencies and occupations such as police officer and special agent. Current review of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) indicates 88 agencies receiving law enforcement training at this facility alone with additional ...more »
Issue:
Uniformity of Handgun and Ammunition for Federal Law Enforcement Agencies
Background:
The Federal Government retains an extensive amount of uniformed and non-uniformed law enforcement agencies and occupations such as police officer and special agent. Current review of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) indicates 88 agencies receiving law enforcement training at this facility alone with additional agencies and units providing their own in-house level training outside of the FLETC scope.
Current Status:
While many of the agencies retain the same core mission in terms of basic law enforcement patrol or investigations, their issued handgun and caliber vary extensively throughout the Federal Government causing non-uniformity and overlapping, unnecessary acquisition costs.
Even within an agency the issuance of handguns varies greatly and in the example of the Department of Homeland Security, a Coast Guard Law Enforcement Officer, Customs and Border Protection Officer and Uniformed Secret Service Officer will all have different handguns, calibers, magazines and related equipment.
The designation and acquisition of a handgun and related ammunition is very costly and time consuming with agencies conducting their own separate reviews, performance evaluations and bidding process and then entering into separate contracts for the firearm and related ammunition and equipment.
In difference, the US Military maintains one primary handgun for all services, that being the M9 Berretta 9mm. A Security Specialist in the Navy is trained and equipped with the same handgun as a Security Guard in the Marine Corps. Sidearm ammunition and magazines in the Air Force are interchangeable with sidearm ammunition and ammunition in the Army. One joint military-wide review, performance evaluation and contract process was conducted rather than the multiple individual acquisition processes occurring in Federal Law Enforcement saving funding and improving efficiency for all military branches.
It is recognized that one handgun may not meet the specific mission needs for all agencies or occupations and specialized teams such as SWAT may need a different weapon however, the need of the FBI SWAT team should not vary from the need of the Secret Service SWAT team and consolidation can occur saving cost and improving efficiency.
Action Recommended:
•Creation of a strategic law enforcement handgun project at the FLETC which will identify all Federal law enforcement agencies and occupations and consolidate handgun requirements to improve uniformity and efficiency government wide. Project should attempt to consolidate handgun and ammunition needs to the lowest level such as one designated for uniformed personnel, one for plain clothes personnel and one for tactical response needs.
•Consolidate all review, performance evaluations and contract process for government wide issuance at the FLETC similar to the military process.
•Interject the proposed FLETC handgun management team into the US Military handgun acquisition process so that duplication of efforts is not occurring between the military and Federal service.
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14 votes
Issue: Create Regional Firing Ranges for Federal LEOs. Background: The Federal Government retains an extensive amount of uniformed and non-uniformed law enforcement agencies and occupations such as police officer and special agent. Current review of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) indicates 88 agencies receiving law enforcement training at this facility alone with additional agencies and units providing ...more »
Issue:
Create Regional Firing Ranges for Federal LEOs. Background:
The Federal Government retains an extensive amount of uniformed and non-uniformed law enforcement agencies and occupations such as police officer and special agent. Current review of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) indicates 88 agencies receiving law enforcement training at this facility alone with additional agencies and units providing their own in-house level training outside of the FLETC scope.
Once assigned to their permanent duty station, Federal LEOs must maintain proficiency and qualification in their assigned firearms and related tactics. At this time, there is no network of Federal controlled or operated firing ranges leading individual agencies and units to find their own adequate firearms training facilities.
In the Los Angeles metropolitan area for example, every major Federal LEO unit is present however; the firing range options are very limited and ever changing with training occurring further and further from the work area. Some examples of range use in Los Angeles include contracting with a community college, a local police department, local military facilities and using public ranges on a space available basis.
The need for a permanent Federal controlled range is further illustrated in the current policy of one DHS unit which prohibits its Officers from practicing with their service issued handgun off duty. A properly managed Regional Federal Firing Range would solve this issue by scheduling open range time where LEOs could practice in a controlled and regulated environment.
Action Recommended:
-Creation of a strategic Federal Firing Range Project at the FLETC which will identify potential regional areas with high LEO populations where a consolidated range would benefit in terms of consolidated cost savings and training proficiency.
-Project would consult with all involved agencies and GSA in regards to facility design needs and location.
-Regional ranges should be staffed by FLETC firearms instructors for overall operation and management however; individual agencies would provide their own firearm instructors during their respective training or qualifications. FLETC instructors would operate the open practice range as well as open FLETC PPC qualifications.
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